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Bill	Home health aides: training and certification.	Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to license and regulate home health agencies and to certify and regulate home health aides. Under existing law, a violation of these provisions or the rules and regulations promulgated under these provisions is a misdemeanor. Existing law specifically requires an applicant for certification as a home health aide to complete, among other requirements, a training program approved by the department. Under existing law, a certification for a home health aide is renewed every two years, and to renew an unexpired certificate, the certificate holder is required to apply for renewal on a form provided by the state, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 1495	California AB 1495 (20252026)	bill	Homehealthaides trainingandcertification	enacted	Valencia	4	19	5	2025-02-21	2025-10-06	openstates	ocd-bill/714262ec-29ac-4dc3-926a-6207d848f9b6	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1495	c8b6f516c5c94612118398c8882951c83830c67ede142bf3c23f2f16a3878a1d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1495 (20252026) — Home health aides: training and certification.

Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to license and regulate home health agencies and to certify and regulate home health aides. Under existing law, a violation of these provisions or the rules and regulations promulgated under these provisions is a misdemeanor. Existing law specifically requires an applicant for certification as a home health aide to complete, among other requirements, a training program approved by the department. Under existing law, a certification for a home health aide is renewed every two years, and to renew an unexpired certificate, the certificate holder is required to apply for renewal on a form provided by the state, as specified.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 02/21/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 10/06/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB1495 (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/27/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1495 Valencia Assembly Third Reading — 79–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Valencia — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2025-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2025-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• 2025-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
• 2025-03-13 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2025-04-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-05-14 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1998.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-18 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2025-07-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-08-19 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2025-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-08-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2252.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-08-26 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2025-09-02 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 400, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/714262ec-29ac-4dc3-926a-6207d848f9b6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).